1929 in music

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Births

• January 6 - Wilbert Harrison
• January 28 - Mr Acker Bilk
• February 10 - Jerry Goldsmith, US composer for film and television
• March 4 - Bernard Haitink
• April 6 - André Previn
• April 29 - Peter Sculthorpe, composer
• May 1 - Sonny James
• May 3 - Denise Lor
• May 25 - Beverly Sills
• July 3 - Pedro Iturralde, composer
• June 9 - Johnny Ace
• June 23 - June Carter Cash
• July 9 - Lee Hazlewood
• July 18 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
• August 12 - Buck Owens
• August 24 - William Winfield, The Harptones
• September 13 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, operatic bass
• October 2 - Kenneth Leighton, composer
• October 26 - Neal Matthews The Jordanaires
• November 10 - Marilyn Bergman, US songwriter
• November 11 - LaVern Baker
• November 28 - Berry Gordy Jr., record producer
• November 30 - Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand
• December 6 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
• December 25 - Billy Horton, The Silhouettes
• December 25 - Chris Kenner